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Město Plzeň
October 26, 2023
Karel Balík was born in Pilsen on October 25, 1903 . He went to basic school in Pilsen, then trained as a mechanical locksmith. He was a co-founder of the West Bohemian Aviation Club Plzeň, where he obtained his aviation diploma with his brother Jaroslav. He worked as a transport pilot for twelve…
October 19, 2023
The RAF fighter pilot Karel Pavlík was born in Pilsen 105 years ago. Karel Pavlík was trained to be a letter painter. He escaped from the occupied homeland via Poland to France, after its capitulation to England. On May 5, 1942, as a pilot of the 313th Czechoslovak fighter squadron, he was…
October 13, 2023
Happy Heavenly 102nd Birthday to Robert Muthersbaugh, WWII veteran, hero, liberator of Pilsen and Western Bohemia, member of the 16th Armored Division. Robert passed away in July. Lest we forget!
October 8, 2023
Happy 96th Heavenly Birthday to Hubert Rauw, liberator of the Western Bohemia, our friend, great and humble gentleman, member of the Belgian 17th Fusilier Battalion. Lest we forget!
October 5, 2023
The retired Brigadier General Miroslav Štandera was born on October 5, 1918 in Prague. His mother died when he was 10 years old and thus he grew up with only his father and three siblings. They lived in Dobruška nearby Nové Město nad Metují. Miroslav studied typography but has never…
October 1, 2023
George Thompson. member of the famous 16th Armored Division, hero and friend who participated in the Liberation of Pilsen and southwestern Bohemia, celebrates his 99th Birthday. We wish Happy Birthday and all the best!